Your Neighbor Is Digging a Hole in His Back Yard

question 48

Short Answer

Your neighbor is digging a hole in his back yard for an in-ground swimming pool.The rectangular hole is 7000 mm wide, 14,000 mm long, and 4000 mm deep.If his pickup truck can
Haul one cubic meter, how many trips will it take him to haul all of the dirt away? a. 10,584
b. 3528
c. 392
d. 32

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Definitions:

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A belief or expectation that influences behavior in a way that causes the belief to become true.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personal characteristics and ignore situational factors in judging others' behavior.

Confirmation Bias

The inclination to seek out, understand, prefer, and remember information in a manner that reaffirms one’s already held beliefs or theories.

External Attribution

The process of assigning the cause of behavior to some situation or event outside a person's control rather than to some internal characteristic.